Raising Sextuplets Mom Pregnant with 7th Child

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Jenny McLendon (formerly Jenny Masche) from the reality television show Raising Sextuplets is expecting her 7th child. This will be her first with second husband Levi McLendon, who also has two children from a previous relationship.

On her announcement, Jenny wrote on her ImperfectWomen.com blog, “Levi and I are trying to gear up and imagine what life is going to be like in our already busy household with a newborn. In my head I think, ‘This is going to be so easy, it’s only one! However, I imagine that even this one is going to give us some sleepless nights and an even crazier household. We love every second that we get with our kids and the time we spend as a family.”

Jenny McLendon’s fifteen minutes of fame began in 2008 when she and Bryan Masche, 34, — her ex-husband — appeared in a one-hour television special titled OMG! Sextuplets! Their story was well-received so WEtv and Eric Schiff Productions decided to film their daily life (a la Jon & Kate Plus Eight) for two seasons — from 2009 to 2010 — and a total of 14 episodes. The former reality television show couple fell in love in cyberspace while communicating via email during Bryan’s Air Force deployment in Kuwait, and was married a year later on January 2, 2004. They struggled with infertility as Jenny suffered two miscarriages, so they gave artificial insemination a try and the result was a successful sextuplet pregnancy.

Delivered at thirty weeks, four days via cesarean section at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoneix, Arizona, the Masche sextuplets — Savannah Jane Masche, Bailey Elizabeth Masche, Grant William Masche, Cole Robert Masche, Molli Grace Masche and Blake Nickolas Masche — weighed between 2-pounds, 1 ounce and 3-pounds at birth. Jenny Masche suffered heart failure post-delivery and was rushed to ICU where she nearly died. The babies spent five weeks in the NICU before being released.

In 2009, McLendon and Masche sat down with PEOPLE magazine and talked about their marriage struggles, stating that their relationship “is a work in progress, and it’s totally not perfect. But we believe that the stronger the couple is, the stronger the marriage is and the better it is for the children.”

They went on to add that raising six young children is difficult, and Jenny added “We have totally brutal fights.” On September 11, 2010, Masche was arrested at his former father-in-law’s home in Camp Verde, Arizona after a verbal argument ensued with McLendon.

Masche plead guilty to two misdemeanor domestic violence charges – threatening/intimidating and disorderly conduct — and was sentenced to 12 months of probation, in addition to domestic violence counseling and parenting classes, which kept him out of jail. According to a November 2011 interview with ImperfectWomen.com, Masche works for a company called Arthrex selling orthopedic medical implants. He also shed some light on the true collapse of their marriage, sharing that McLendon had been having an affair for almost two months prior to the domestic disturbance. On September 17, 2010 McLendon filed for separation from Masche.